Rated 5 Star in Ottawa
Volt Studios, a Toronto-based SEO Agency helping Ottawa businesses show up on Google Maps, rank in the Local 3-Pack, and turn local searches into paying customers.
We optimize your Google Business Profile, build citations, and implement strategies that increase your visibility across the National Capital Region. Our clients don’t just appear in search results, they capture customers ahead of competitors.
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Your customers are searching for you right now. The question is — can they find you?
Every day, Ottawa residents search for dentists in Kanata, plumbers in Barrhaven, and lawyers in downtown Ottawa. If your business isn’t showing up on Google Maps or in the Local 3-Pack, that call goes straight to your competitor. Not because they’re better. Because they’re visible and you’re not.
The Local 3-Pack sits above every organic result on Google. It’s the first thing your customers see and it gets more clicks than anything else on the page.
If your business isn’t in those top three spots, you’re invisible. It doesn’t matter how good your service is, how long you’ve been in business, or how many happy customers you have. If Google can’t find you, neither can they.
You’re Paying for Ads That Stop the Moment You Pause
Google Ads can generate quick leads. But the moment your budget runs out, so does your visibility. You’re renting space on Google and the rent goes up every year.
Local SEO is different. It builds lasting visibility that keeps working for your business long after the initial work is done. For Ottawa businesses trying to grow without burning cash on ads every month, that’s not a nice-to-have. It’s the smarter investment.
An unclaimed, incomplete, or poorly optimized Google Business Profile (GBP) is one of the biggest lead-killers for Ottawa businesses. Wrong hours, missing photos, incorrect categories — any of these can push you out of the Map Pack entirely. Most Ottawa business owners have no idea their GBP is working against them. That’s exactly what we find in our free audits.
Local SEO is the process of making your business visible when nearby customers search for what you offer. It covers everything from your Google Business Profile to your website content to how your business appears across online directories.
For Ottawa businesses, it’s the difference between getting found and getting overlooked.
Regular SEO focuses on ranking nationally or across a broad audience. Local SEO focuses on ranking in your specific city, neighbourhood, or service area. If you’re a physiotherapist in Nepean, you don’t need to rank in Calgary. You need to show up when someone in Nepean searches “physiotherapist near me.” That’s exactly what local SEO is built to do — connect you with the customers who are closest, most relevant, and most ready to buy.
The Google Map Pack also called the Local 3-Pack — is the block of three businesses that appears at the very top of Google when someone searches for a local service. It includes a map, star ratings, and a click-to-call button.
Getting into it comes down to three things: how well your Google Business Profile is set up, how consistent your business information is across the web, and how many quality reviews you have. At Volt Studios, we build and optimize all three for Ottawa businesses.
We don’t offer generic packages. Every Ottawa business gets a strategy built around their specific goals, their market, and their competition.
Your Google Business Profile is the single most important asset in your local search presence. We fully optimize your GBP — categories, service descriptions, service areas, photos, Google Posts, Q&A, and review responses — so Google knows exactly who you are and where you operate.
Getting into the Local 3-Pack is the highest-impact goal for most Ottawa service businesses. We optimize every signal Google uses to rank the Map Pack — proximity, relevance, and prominence — to put your business in front of customers who are looking for what you offer.
Citations are listings of your business across directories like Yelp, Yellow Pages, Canada 411, and Bing Places. Inconsistent or duplicate listings confuse Google and drag your rankings down. We audit, clean, and build citations across every platform in the Canadian market.
We research the exact terms Ottawa customers use to find businesses like yours — then we optimize your title tags, meta descriptions, header tags, and page content to match those searches precisely. No guesswork. No recycled keyword lists from another city.
Schema markup tells Google exactly who you are, where you operate, and what you offer. We implement LocalBusiness schema, FAQPage schema, and service-level structured data so Google reads your page with full confidence and rewards it with richer search results.
Businesses with 50 or more Google reviews averaging 4.5 stars consistently dominate the Local Map Pack. We build a review strategy that makes it easy for happy customers to leave reviews — and helps you respond to every one in a way that builds credibility.
Backlinks from Ottawa-based websites, industry associations, and local directories signal to Google that your business is trusted and relevant in your market. We build links that carry real weight — white-hat, sustainable, and built for the long term.
78% of near me mobile searches result in a store visit or call within 24 hours. That's an enormous amount of high-intent traffi. We optimize your site and GBP specifically for proximity-based search intent.
Every month, you receive a clear report showing exactly how your rankings, Google Business Profile performance, organic traffic, and leads are moving. We use GA-4, GSC and custom rank tracking.
Everything works together as an integrated system not isolated tactics that may or may not move the needle.
We follow a clear, four-step process for every Ottawa client. No surprises. No black boxes. Just a system that consistently delivers.
Before we change anything, we audit your current local SEO position from the ground up. We review your Google Business Profile, your NAP consistency, your existing citations, your on-page SEO, and most critically what your top Ottawa competitors are doing differently to outrank you.
Based on the audit findings, we build a strategy designed specifically for your Ottawa market. This includes your priority keywords, your GBP optimization roadmap, your citation plan, your on-page content priorities, and your link-building approach. You review and approve the strategy before a single dollar is spent on execution.
This is where the work happens. We optimize your Google Business Profile, build and clean your citations across Canadian directories, update your website’s on-page SEO, and begin acquiring relevant local backlinks. We also implement LocalBusiness schema markup and resolve any technical SEO issues that could hold back your rankings.
Once the foundation is solid, we track your rankings weekly, report to you monthly, and continuously refine the strategy based on what the data shows. As your rankings grow, we expand the strategy by covering more Ottawa neighbourhoods, more keywords, and more services so your results compound over time.
Serving Mississauga & Toronto Markets
Clients Achieve Top 3 Local Pack Rankings
Average ROAS for PPC Campaigns
Average Conversion Rate Improvement
As one of the leading Ottawa SEO experts, we focus on revenue, not rankings.
” We needed to drive both product sales and installation bookings, and Volts Studio delivered a platform that does both seamlessly. The consultation booking system has been particularly valuable, turning browsers into qualified leads. Sales have grown consistently since launch. “
— Richard Campbell
Owner, Excess Flooring
We work month-to-month with every Ottawa client. Before we send a proposal, we complete a free audit of your current local SEO position. You’ll know exactly what’s broken, what it costs to fix it, and what results are realistic for your Ottawa market.
“Can a Toronto Agency Really Rank My Ottawa Business?” Yes — Here’s Why.
The assumption that you need a local Ottawa agency to rank locally is one of the most common misconceptions in the market. Google doesn’t rank your business based on where your SEO agency is located. It ranks your business based on trust signals. Our strategy is built around your local market: your specific competitors, your Ottawa neighbourhoods, your customers’ search behaviour.
We’ve helped businesses across Ontario dominate their local markets. You won’t receive a strategy copy-pasted from another market. Every Ottawa client gets a strategy that reflects their specific industry, their specific competitors, and the specific neighbourhoods they’re targeting.
We’ve built local SEO strategies for businesses across Ottawa, Gatineau, and the National Capital Region. Here are the industries we work with most.
We help service-based businesses With digital Marketing services to traffic & audience into booked jobs.
For trust-driven industries where authority, credibility, and lead quality matter most.
Multi-location or single-location brands looking to increse visibility organically.
We scale ecommerce brans and stores with conversion-focused digital marketing strategies
Complex services and long sales cycles require strategy, clarity, and authority-driven Digital Marketing
Future-focused businesses that need digital marketing built for scalability and long-term dominance.
If your business relies on online & digital visibility, we can build a strategy for it.
Local SEO is the process of making your business show up in location-based Google searches — like “dentist in Kanata” or “plumber near me.”
For Ottawa businesses, it’s the most direct path from a Google search to a phone call, booking, or walk-in customer. Ready to see where your Ottawa business stands? Get a free audit →
The Google Map Pack is the block of three businesses that appears at the very top of Google when someone searches for a local service. It includes a map, star ratings, phone number, and a click-to-call button.
Getting in depends on three things: how well your Google Business Profile is optimized, how consistent your business information is across the web, and how many quality reviews you have. Volt Studios builds and optimizes all three for Ottawa businesses.
Local SEO for Ottawa businesses typically ranges from $500 to $5,000 per month. But depends on your industry’s competitiveness, the number of locations you’re optimizing, and how much foundational work needs to happen upfront. Get a personalized quote for your Ottawa business →
Google Business Profile improvements can show results within 30 to 60 days. Organic ranking improvements in a competitive Ottawa market typically take 3 to 6 months. The exact timeline depends on your industry, your current SEO standing, and how strong your competition is.
Yes. Google doesn’t rank your business based on where your SEO agency is located. It ranks your business based on signals — your Google Business Profile, your citations, your reviews, your on-page content, and your backlinks.
For most Ottawa service businesses, local SEO delivers a better long-term return than Google Ads. Ads stop the moment your budget runs out means you’re renting visibility that disappears the second you pause. Local SEO builds an asset that keeps working for your business over time.
Ads can generate immediate leads while your SEO gains traction.
Citations are listings of your business name, address, and phone number (NAP) across online directories — Yelp, Yellow Pages, Canada 411, Bing Places, and many others. When your NAP data is consistent across every platform, Google trusts your business more and ranks it higher.
It depends on your service area. If your business serves primarily English-speaking customers in Ottawa proper, a bilingual strategy may not be essential.
Look for five things: specific, verifiable results, transparent monthly reporting, white-hat techniques with no risk of Google penalties, flexible month-to-month terms with no long-term contracts, and a strategy built specifically for your Ottawa market not recycled from another city.
Get a free, no-obligation Ottawa Local SEO audit from Volt Studios. We’ll show you exactly why your competitors are outranking you — and give you a clear roadmap to take those spots back.
